NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

417
Place in performance rating
558
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 4.0
N13E-GE
Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$545
Price now
$421
0.96
Value for money
3.25
N13E-GE
GPU code name
Lexa
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

768
Pipelines
512
790 MHz
Core clock speed
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835 MHz
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
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Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
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Texture fill rate
33.47
768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
835 MHz
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
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Number of transistors
2,200 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2x2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2x 128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
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Optimus
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (12_0)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and AMD Radeon 540X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI

5.01% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (768 vs 512)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Cheaper ($421 vs $545)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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